Berlioz-Liszt - Symphonie Fantastique (The Witches' Sabbath)

Liszt's piano transcription of the final movement of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique S. 470 (1834).

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• liszt
• berlioz
• piano
• transcription

[Hexameron]

Of coures she did. Any woman would want her lover to imagine her as a rotting corpse dancing in a graveyard during a witches sabbath ;)

[kearabob]

@philosophersphone I would also take care in reminding you that pagan worship has nothing to do with satanic worship.

[ubfiawudwe]

@joefalchetto94 AWESOME

[joefalchetto94]

@ubfiawudwe

Yes, but it's taken from the Dies Irae theme :)

[ubfiawudwe]

3:39 to 3:45 is the Melody of Liszt's Dance Macabre, isnt' it?

[losmonjes]

Quien es el interprete?

[quintron3]

Good transcription but as mention below it can't never equal the full orchestra version. I need that Eb Clarinet @2:00. Great sound and playing none the less

[desination7]

@kudi82 i thot liszt did a damn good job transcribing this piece, its clearly never going to be as good as the original, cause all the timbres of the other instruments is gone, however, his transcription reflects the berlioz symphony extremely well. its just a transcription, its one instrument versus many, of course its not going to be as good. however, if u can imagine the sound of the orchestra behind the piano, the transcription only gets better!!

[Rheesoman]

It's like listining to Musical Fireworks.

[kudi82]

huh, here you see the limitations of a piano :-o how boring compared to the orchestral version! either the piano transcription is simply bad, or the orchestration of berlioz is so perfect. never heard a piece which looses so much in the piano version. all the craziness gets lost.

[308813062]

02:00 my fav

[Laudan08]

08:51 Skeletons dancing!